Hercules Furens (Mad Hercules) (Seneca's First Tragedy) · chunk 5 of 28
Heywood, Jasper / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus · published 1581 · first performed or written 1561 (Annals) tragedy; literary play T20 Hercules: labours, suffering and virtue typicality 0.82 · 479 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T20: hercules, hercles, ioue, deianeira, alcides, hand, lo, death, skies, hell.
Let glory him by many lands away Display, and fame throughout all cities wide Full babbling praise, and even with sky to stand Advance and stars: let him in chariot bright Full haughty go: let me my native land In safe and secret house keep close from sight. To restful men hoar age by course doth fall, And low in place, yet safe and sure doth lie, The poor and base estate of cottage small: The prouder pomp of mind doth fall from high. But sad here comes with loosed locks of hear Lo Megara with little company, And stowe by age draws Hercles' father near O Guider great of heaven, & of the world O judge full high, Yet now at length appoint a mean of careful misery. And end of our calamity. To me yet never day Hath careless shin' de: the end of one affliction past away Beginning of another is: another enemy Is forthwith found, before that he his joyful family Return unto another fight he taketh by behest: Nor any respite given is to him nor quiet rest: But while that he commanded is: straight him pursueth she The hateful Iuno. Was yet once from toil and labour free His infant's age? the monsters (lo) he vanquished hath and slain, Before he knew what monsters meant. The scaled serpents twain Their double necks drew on toward him, against the which to rise, The infant crept to meet with them, the serpents glittering eyes Like fire, with quiet careless breast he looking last upon, With countenance clear, hard wrested knots of them he caught anon: And strangling then the swelling throats of them with tender hand, To Hydra prelude made. the beast so swift of Maenale land. That with much Gold bore up full bright his beautified head, Is caught in course. of Nemey wood likewise the greatest dread The Lion priest with Hercles' arms hath roared with dreadful cry. What should I speak of stables dire, of steeds of Bystonye? Or King cast out himself for food his horses fierce to fill? And bristled beast in thick tops wont of Erymanthus hill? The boar of Maenalye, the woods of Arcady to shake? And Bull that did no little dread to hundred peoples make? Among the flocks of Hesper land that hence far distant be, The shepherd of Cartesian coast of triple shape to see Is slain, and driven is the prey from farthest part of west, Cithaeron quaked when by him passed to sea the well known beast. He being bid to make by coasts of summer sun his way, And parched lands which sore with heat doth boil the middle day, The mountains broke on either side and rampires all undone, Even unto swift and raging sea hath made a way to run. Then entering in of plenteous wood, the pleasant gardens gay,
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 193–240 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 5 of 28 in this edition
Length
479 words · 615 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T20 — Hercules: labours, suffering and virtuecross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.824 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T17 · seed 44: T19 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Let glory him by many landes awaye Diſplay, and fame throughout all cityes wyde Full babling praiſe, and euen with ſkye to ſtande Auaunce and ſtarres: let him in chariot bright Ful haughty goe: let me my natiue land In ſafe and ſecrete houſe keepe cloſe from ſight. To reſtful men hoare age by courſe doth fall, And low in place, yet ſafe and ſure doth lye, The poore and baſe eſtate of cottage ſmall: The prowder pompe of minde doth fall from hye. But ſad here comes with loſed lockes of heare Loe Megara with litle company, And ſtowe by age drawes Hercles father neare OGuider great of heauen, & of the world O Iudge full hie, Yet now at length apoinct a meane of carefull miſerie. And ende of our calamitie. To mee yet neuer day Hath careles ſhin' de: the ende of one affliction paſt away Beginning of an other is: an other ennemy Is forthwith founde, before that hee his ioyfull family Retourne vnto an other fyght hee taketh by beheſt: Nor any reſpite giuen is to him nor quiet reſt: But whyle that he commaunded is: ſtraight him purſueth ſhee The hatefull Iuno. Was yet once from toyle and labour free His infants age? the monſters (lo) he venquiſht hath and ſlayne, Before he knew what monſters ment. The ſkaled ſerpents twayne Their double neckes drew on toward him, agaynſt the which to ryſe, The infant crept to meete with them, the ſerpents glittring eyes Lyke fyre, with quiet careleſſe breſt he looking laſt vpon, With coūtnance cleere, hard wreſted knots of them he caught anon: And ſtrangling then the ſwelling throates of them with tender hand, To Hydra prelude made. the beaſt ſo ſwyfte of Maenale land. That with much Golde bare vp full bright his beautifled head, Is caught in courſe. of Nemey wood likewiſe the greateſt dread The Lyon preſt with Hercles armes hath roarde with dreadfull crie. What ſhould I ſpeake of ſtables dyre, of ſteedes of Byſtonye? Or King caſt out himſelfe for foode his horſes fierce to fill? And briſtled beaſt in thicke tops woont of Erymanthus hill? The boare of Maenalye, the woods of Arcady to ſhake? And Bull that did no litle dread to hundred peoples make? Among the flocks of Heſper lande that hence farre diſtant bee, The ſheepherde of Carteſian coaſt of triple ſhape to ſee Is ſlayne, and driuen is the pray from fartheſt parte of weaſt, Citheton quak't when by him paſt to ſea the well knowne beaſt. He being bid to make by coaſtes of ſommer ſunne his way, And parched landes which ſore with heate doth boyle the middell day, The mountaynes brake on either ſide and rampiers all vndoon, Euen vnto ſwyft and raging ſea hath made a way to roon. Then entring in of plenteaus wood, the pleaſant gardeins gay,